Increasing COVID-19 Positive Cases In Manhattan Beach Overnight

MANHATTAN BEACH, CA — Eleven more Manhattan Beach residents tested positive for COVID-19 in one day, according to today's statistics from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Manhattan Beach registered 540 cases today [Tuesday, Dec. 1] after logging cumulative cases yesterday 529. [Monday, Nov. 30]. The city's cumulative total of positive cases was 519 on Saturday, Nov. 28.

Today's numbers for Los Angeles County overall are "the highest number of new COVID-19 cases and people hospitalized with COVID-19 that L.A. County has ever experienced throughout the pandemic," according to a county news release.

"Today, Public Health has confirmed 46 new deaths and 7,593 new cases of COVID-19. The number of new COVID-19 cases significantly surpassed the previous high of 6,124 new cases seen last week, and signals that the virus is infecting more people at a faster rate than ever seen in L.A. County before. The daily test positivity rate today is almost 12%, up from 7% one week ago.

"There are 2,316 people with COVID-19 currently hospitalized and 24% of these people are in the ICU. This exceeds the peak of 2,232 people hospitalized with COVID-19 during the July surge. The daily number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 has increased nearly every day since November 1 when the daily number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 was 799.

"Testing results are available for more than 3,760,000 individuals with 10% of all people testing positive."